Tibet

The interrogation soon ended and it was discovered that these twenty-five Tibetan soldiers were actually Tuyuhun soldiers, with a small Tibetan leader as the leader of the twenty-five soldiers.

There were a few Tuyuhun soldiers who knew a few words of Chinese, so the interrogation was easy.

The Tibetan army sent a total of forty groups of Tuyuhun soldiers to collect money, grain, bronzes, and ironware from more than forty temples outside the city. They directly brought the bronzes and bells back to the city on ox carts, and there was no large group of Tibetan troops to join them. .

The Tibetan leader was shot dead while carrying a Buddha statue. According to the accounts of five Tuyuhun soldiers, Yang Li quickly grasped the information he wanted to know. He did not stay in the temple for long and immediately rushed back to Guagua with several prisoners of war. state.

On the second day after Li Ye arrived in Jinchang County, 16,000 Beiting troops arrived in Jinchang County under the leadership of the new Jiedushi Dugujun, bringing the number of Tang troops in Jinchang County to 22,000.

At the same time, Dugujun also had 50,000 shi of grain transported by 10,000 camels.

At dusk, Li Ye and Dugujun rode horses to patrol outside the camp, followed by dozens of soldiers.

Dugujun looked at the sunset and said with emotion: "My brother decided to marry Wei Qingxuan back then, maybe we will be our husband-in-law now."

Li Ye smiled and said nothing. He understood what Dugu Jun meant. He thought that he married Dugu Xinyue in order to marry the Dugu family. If Dugu Xinyue could not marry him, he could only settle for marrying Dugu Qiming.

how can that be possible? If that were the case, Wei Qingxuan would not have simply cut his face, but would have become a skeleton by now.

But it is normal for Dugujun to have this idea. Li Ye did not intend to tell the truth. He smiled lightly and said: "If I really become Weng's son-in-law, then I will not be named the governor of Anxi anyway."

Dugujun pondered for a moment and said: "This is actually what I want to tell you. Although I am not your father-in-law, I am your father-in-law's biological brother. You should call me third uncle. In fact, there is no difference. Knowing that Our two families are son-in-law. The emperor also appointed one of us to be in charge of Anxi and the other to be in charge of Beiting. This is very taboo. Generally speaking, this situation will never happen, but it has become a reality. Have you ever thought about the reason for this? ?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "My uncle has also noticed this question. Not only is Weng's son-in-law, but my grandfather is also the governor of Ganzhou. I am also confused. I wonder if the emperor is relatively stupid and does not realize this. ?”

"Impossible, the emperor is stupid, but Gao Lishi is not stupid, and the imperial censor is also watching!"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I don't think it's possible either. It's either a temporary appointment and I will be transferred after I solve the hidden dangers of Tibet in Anxi."

Dugujun nodded, "This is the most likely possibility, and I think so too. You can only work this year and next year at most, and then you will be transferred. Although you are also from the royal family, so what, Li Shizhi, the left prime minister at that time, was Taizong Didn’t the emperor’s great-grandson also commit suicide for no apparent reason?”

Seeing that there was no one around him, Dugujun lowered his voice and said: "Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, if other royal families are too outstanding and threaten the status of the emperor's own descendants, the emperor will definitely kill them without hesitation. Ordinary officials are not qualified to seize the throne, but It is possible for the royal family. It is for this reason that the royal family is actually more dangerous than ordinary powerful officials. We are Guanlong nobles and can see more clearly than ordinary people. You must be careful. The emperor may have murderous intentions against you, otherwise there will be no danger. He will ask you to be the governor of Anxi, but he is actually testing you."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "This makes sense. The emperor deliberately removed Bian Lingcheng. In fact, he also posted secret sentries in Anxi to monitor me."

Dugujun nodded, "That's right, removing Bian Lingcheng is just playing hard to get!"

"Then what should I do?"

Dugujun said calmly: "Once the task is completed, you immediately offer to resign and don't stay attached to it. This is the way to protect yourself."

Li Ye nodded, "I understand, thank you third uncle for your suggestion."

Next year will be the 13th year of Kaiyuan, and the year after that will be the 14th year of Kaiyuan. It was the year of An Lushan's rebellion. How could Li Ye resign and lose his military power at this juncture?

They rode back to the camp. As soon as Li Ye returned to his tent, he saw Li Kairan, the governor of Shazhou, waiting beside the tent. Li Ye got off his horse, threw the reins to the soldiers, and said with a smile: "Captain Li is waiting for me?"

Li Kairan stepped forward and saluted: "I beg you to send troops tomorrow!"

Li Ye smiled and asked, "Why is Governor Li so anxious?"

Li Kairan sighed, "My wife and children are all in the city!"

"Did you bring your wife to take office?" Li Ye was puzzled.

Li Kairan shook his head, "It's not my wife, it's my concubine, and the son she gave birth to to me. He's only three years old. I only have this son. Your Majesty, I'm so worried!"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "It's been a month since Dunhuang fell!"

"One month and seven days!"

"If your concubine and son are discovered by the Tubo people, something will happen to them on the day they fall. If nothing happens to them that day, it means they are hiding, and nothing will happen to them now. Don't worry, I think the Tubo army will still be there." They did not take into account the people of Shazhou, they are now busy consolidating the occupation of Dunhuang County."

Li Kairan sighed, "The previous counterattack against Shazhou failed because I was too eager and went directly to Dunhuang County without sending scouts to investigate the situation along the way. As a result, I was ambushed by the Tibetan army on the way and returned with a disastrous defeat. Brother, it was almost half of the morning. I am responsible for this." major."

Li Ye didn't want to talk about the previous responsibility issue. Li Kairan was the governor of Shazhou and a subordinate of Gao Xianzhi. The responsibility was also Gao Xianzhi's problem and had nothing to do with him.

He nodded, "This Tibetan army general is very good at strategy. I suspect that he was the one who led the army that defeated the Anxi army in Sabize. What is his name? Do you know?"

Li Kairan nodded, "According to the information I got, the opponent's coach is the famous Tubo general Dazalugong."

"It turns out to be him!"

Li Ye had heard of this man. He was indeed a famous Tubo general. His Han name was Ma Chongying. In the first year of Guangde, the Tubo army captured Chang'an. He was one of the four Tubo generals and had always been a strong enemy of the Long You Army.

"Li Shijun, when will we send troops to Dunhuang?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "In two or three days, when I can fully control these two armies, I can send troops!"

"Thank you for your understanding!"

Li Ye smiled again and said: "Come and sit in the tent! I want to know the details of your first failure in detail."

Li Kairan followed Li Ye to the big tent. There was a sand table in the middle of the big tent, which was part of the Hexi sand table given to Li Ye by Pei Fang.

Li Kairan was stunned and said after a while: "This is Shazhou and Guazhou. I have never seen such a clear map."

Li Ye smiled and said: "You are the old governor of Shazhou. Come and see if there is anything wrong with the sand table?"

Li Kairan looked around the sand table carefully, nodded and praised: "Everything is right, absolutely correct, it is so awesome, this is simply an artifact of combat!"